Memory, Jesus, and the Synoptic Gospels

✍ Scribed by Robert K. McIver

Publisher: SBL Press
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 254
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Frontmatter (page i)
List of Tables (page ix)
List of Figures (page x)
Preface (page xi)
Introduction (page 1)
PART 1: PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY (page 3)
1. Eyewitness Memory (page 5)
2. Transcience and the Reliability of Long-Term Human Memory (page 21)
3. Personal Event Memories (page 41)
4. Suggestibility and Bias (page 59)
5. Collective Memory (page 81)
PART 2: JESUS TRADITIONS AND MEMORY (page 95)
6. Collective Memory as an Explanation of Gospel Origins (page 97)
7. Eyewitness Memory and the Gospel Traditions (page 123)
8. Memory Frailties and the Gospel Traditions (page 143)
9. Collective Memory, Jesus as Teacher, and the Jesus Traditions (page 153)
10. Conclusions: Memory, Jesus, and the Gospels (page 183)
Appendix A. The Potential Pool of Eyewitnesses at the Time the Gospels Were Written (page 189)
Works Cited (page 211)
Index of Ancient Texts and Authors (page 229)
Index of Modern Authors (page 233)
Subject Index (page 239)

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